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Composers At War: A Study Of Composers Who Fought In World War I And World War Ii, Jason T. Hoffmann

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This research document explores the connections between the war experiences of four composers and whether the possibility existed that any of the composers had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), moral injury, mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), traumatic brain injury (TBI) or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Scholars have not thoroughly examined the music of composers written before, during, and after war experiences and any potential changes to musical styles or compositional techniques. In my research I look at the effects that war can have on composers through autobiographical and biographical accounts of Ivor Gurney (WWI), Olivier Messiaen (WWII), Maurice Ravel (WWI), and …

Volume 56, Number 04 (April 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

How Can I Help?

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Composers and Stylists: This Able Composer and Teacher of Chicago, Writes for Those Who Feel the Impulse to Compose

Personal Trip Through Musical Paris

Wagner and the Box Office: A Story of Musical Trends (interview with Artur Bodanzky)

Etude Prize Winners in the Contest Why I Take the Etude

He Never Took Lessons

Interesting Falsetto

O Promise Me

Story of a Great Librettist: Eugene Scribe and the Opera

Threshold of Music: A Melodic Alphabet—The Major Scale

Mr. Maier's Seventy-Five Test Questions

Dressing up the Studio Performance: Suggestion on Costuming, Make-Up, and Photography

Eliminating …

Volume 52, Number 09 (September 1934), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music Study for Adults (interview with Frederick B. Robinson)

What Geography Has to Do with Rhythm

Game of Musicians

Making a Fist

Teaching Accents

Maurice Ravel: The Man, The Musician, The Critic (interview with Maurice Ravel)

Beethoven, the Humorist

Kreisler and the Prodigy

Music Recreation and the Radio

What Makes a Good Touch

New Music for Ancient Plays

Practicing Difficult Passages

Story of Dixie and its Picturesque Composer

Parent Help in Music Study

Make Your Practice Period Worth While!

Bridge Strength for Pianists

Alabama's Share in Dixie

Cumulative Rewards

Technic Fun

Value of Similes